a drop of clear salty fluid secreted by the lachrymal gland that lubricates the eye and eyelids and is often released as a result of grief or other emotion

Sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears to her eyes — Lewis Carroll

a transparent drop of fluid or hardened fluid, e.g. resin

to cause division or distress to (e.g. a person's mind)

She was torn between going and staying

(often + from) to remove (somebody or something) by force

to make (a hole, pattern, etc) by tearing

to separate on being pulled

This cloth tears easily

to move or act with violence, haste, or force

The children went tearing down the street